Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6445006 Journal of Structural Geology 2013 28 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Ductile shear zones nucleated on planar mechanical or compositional heterogeneities. ► In granitoid plutons, sets of fractures developed at the early stages of postmagmatic cooling. ► Both jointing and shearing occurred at temperatures exceeding 500 °C.
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